Has anyone tried hypnosis for weight loss?

agrube1968 · August 2018

There is a Mark Patrick seminar coming soon to my town and I have heard good things about hypnosis helping with weight loss and I am thinking of signing up but just wondered if anyone had tried it and had any success??

MoonlitEve · August 2018

I have tried it through YouTube videos but it has had no effect on me. Have you considered chakra balancing?

kommodevaran · August 2018

Have you tried eating less?

Bex953172 · August 2018

kommodevaran wrote: »

Have you tried eating less?

Are you trying to take the p!ss or what?

tiptoethruthetulips · August 2018

If hypnotherapy is going to work its going need to more than one session. Ongoing sessons or personalised recordings are needed for reinforcement. There is also a lot of 'homework' you'd need to do for reinforcement.

GreatNeckVBMom · August 2018

I tried it and it did not one thing for me.

Eiliryn · August 2018

I tried it and it "worked", but only in the short term. It made me feel very aware of my fitness and not hungry, but the next day I was back to normal. It sort of wears off. As tiptoe says above, it needs to be ongoing and you need to do the homework. It does help, but it is like trying to meditate everyday. You have to put in a lot of effort. I was hoping it would make weight loss passive, like something that was just happening (like how it felt to get fat). Nope.
I was trying to do it online, though. Working with a live clinician would probably yield better results, but it's expensive.

kommodevaran · August 2018

Bex953172 wrote: »

kommodevaran wrote: »

Have you tried eating less?

Are you trying to take the p!ss or what?

I wish, but no. Many people have the notion Eiliryn describes here:

I was hoping it would make weight loss passive, like something that was just happening (like how it felt to get fat). Nope.

But I'm wondering if you are, asking me, and not the person suggesting

chakra balancing

100_PROOF_ · August 2018

MoonlitEve wrote: »

I have tried it through YouTube videos but it has had no effect on me. Have you considered chakra balancing?

Could you please explain this further as this is not something I've heard of before?
Does this mean create a calorie deficit and you'll lose weight?

mam1958 · August 2018

Yes I have it was this or weightloss surgery. Not I do not want to go under the knife. I have a wonderful hypnotist. I went for 3 sessions then it is free every month after that to reboot. It has worked wonderfully. 57 pds lost so far. That is with no exercise (my fault not hers). It is so refreshing to go into a store that has fresh baked goodys and not be bothered or tempted to buy them. I used it as a tool to get me started. I had high sugar needed to start meds. Fatty liver. High BMI.
Weighted over 320 pds. I am 59 it is slow. I would do it all over to get me over again to get over that first hump again. But then I was very fortunate to find the right hypnotist. As she likes to say I am melting away.....

Scottgriesser · August 2018

I live in a world of math and science where proving things with facts matter. My wife lives in the metaphysical world where belief overrides all. We have been together for 10 years and hopefully will be for a lot longer. We disagree on things like hypnosis, power of prayer, balancing chakras, etc.

What we do agree on is the placebo effect. Therefore, at the very worst, this hypnosis is a placebo for you and could work. Most likely is that it causes a "self fulfilling prophecy" where you make the changes needed, but attribute it to the hypnosis. At best it actually does work.

Either way, if it is something you are interested in, give it a whirl.

MoonlitEve · August 2018

Wow, it seems some people here do not fully understand the challenge of food addiction. I'm wondering if these same people are the same people who will tell anyone that God is a lie and your a fool to believe in a higher power. If calorie deficits were easy for everyone the entire world would be at "a healthy weight."

For some, things such as hypnosis and chakra balancing aid in healing the mind body soul and spirit. For others sure they can just do it, but it is as though you are saying everyone thinks just like you and can do exactly as you do. Not everyone can, for some people they need to understand their connection to food and what drives them to eat emotionally. Why it is they feel food gives them the support they cannot find elsewhere. People who declare chakra balancing and hypnosis bs for someone who believes in things..gee..no wonder someone would rather turn to food, hypnosis, and chakra balancing.

Is meditation than a lie at relieving stress? I assume yoga is perhaps a lie then as well. She /has/ tried calorie deficits, that is why she is considering hypnosis. Could you tell a drug addict, oh just stop using drugs to get healthy? Do you really think that would work? No. For some, they must overcome their addiction to food in order to eventually get that calorie deficit. Exercise can come easily, our relationship with food does not.

Therefore, I firmly believe that hypnosis, chakra balancing, meditation, etc... can all aid in understanding our relationship to food and why it is we cannot maintain those calories deficits.

snickerscharlie · August 2018

MoonlitEve wrote: »

Wow, it seems some people here do not fully understand the challenge of food addiction. I'm wondering if these same people are the same people who will tell anyone that God is a lie and your a fool to believe in a higher power. If calorie deficits were easy for everyone the entire world would be at "a healthy weight."

For some, things such as hypnosis and chakra balancing aid in healing the mind body soul and spirit. For others sure they can just do it, but it is as though you are saying everyone thinks just like you and can do exactly as you do. Not everyone can, for some people they need to understand their connection to food and what drives them to eat emotionally. Why it is they feel food gives them the support they cannot find elsewhere. People who declare chakra balancing and hypnosis bs for someone who believes in things..gee..no wonder someone would rather turn to food, hypnosis, and chakra balancing.

Is meditation than a lie at relieving stress? I assume yoga is perhaps a lie then as well. She /has/ tried calorie deficits, that is why she is considering hypnosis. Could you tell a drug addict, oh just stop using drugs to get healthy? Do you really think that would work? No. For some, they must overcome their addiction to food in order to eventually get that calorie deficit. Exercise can come easily, our relationship with food does not.

Therefore, I firmly believe that hypnosis, chakra balancing, meditation, etc... can all aid in understanding our relationship to food and why it is we cannot maintain those calories deficits.

What you believe in does not make other people wrong. Pot/kettle.

kommodevaran · August 2018

MoonlitEve wrote: »

Wow, it seems some people here do not fully understand the challenge of food addiction. I'm wondering if these same people are the same people who will tell anyone that God is a lie and your a fool to believe in a higher power. If calorie deficits were easy for everyone the entire world would be at "a healthy weight."

For some, things such as hypnosis and chakra balancing aid in healing the mind body soul and spirit. For others sure they can just do it, but it is as though you are saying everyone thinks just like you and can do exactly as you do. Not everyone can, for some people they need to understand their connection to food and what drives them to eat emotionally. Why it is they feel food gives them the support they cannot find elsewhere. People who declare chakra balancing and hypnosis bs for someone who believes in things..gee..no wonder someone would rather turn to food, hypnosis, and chakra balancing.

Is meditation than a lie at relieving stress? I assume yoga is perhaps a lie then as well. She /has/ tried calorie deficits, that is why she is considering hypnosis. Could you tell a drug addict, oh just stop using drugs to get healthy? Do you really think that would work? No. For some, they must overcome their addiction to food in order to eventually get that calorie deficit. Exercise can come easily, our relationship with food does not.

Therefore, I firmly believe that hypnosis, chakra balancing, meditation, etc... can all aid in understanding our relationship to food and why it is we cannot maintain those calories deficits.

What helped me most with my "food addiction" (which I truly believed I suffered from), and thus made weight mangement easy, was learning and accepting that there is no such thing as food addiction; I am eating compulsively, but I am in control of my intake. I struggled with overeating because I was afraid of the foods that gave me the most pleasure. I learnt that I can enjoy anything in moderation. In this process I got a better grip on grayscale, that there is often not an either/or situation. Weight management has become a body, mind and spirit thing for me, not just a question of being able to stick to a diet and exercise regimen. Do I have to give proof that I too meditate?

Many people belive that humans work on different principles, but that the same tips and tricks will help everybody. Turning that upside down, inside out, was also a gamechanger for me.

Balancing emotions, needs and wants, is so important in life, which weight management is an important part of.

It saddens me deeply that MFP, one of the great contributors to saving my health, wellbeing and relationship with food, is turning into "dieting facebook".

Momepro · August 2018

Tried it, but was no help. More annoying than anything. Of course I also did one of those hypnosis shows once too, and it totally didn't work on me. But the hypnotist loved me, because I took direction well and was willing to put on a good show.

laurawd91 · September 2018

hi there! I have recently started a 6 week hypnosis for weight loss course and 1 week in I can tell you a couple of things:

I feel like it is working. I have cut out snacks almost instantly.
You have to listen to audio recordings twice a day, no idea if these work (apparently it takes 28 days to form a habit so thats how long i have to listen)
It isn't automatic. You still have to work at it.
Some days this week I have found it easy to eat less. Others I have still been hungry, and even though I can recognise what emotion is making me hungry I still struggle to overcome it.
You think a LOT more about WHAT you are putting in your body as you know you are eating less, so you know you need to put the right stuff in.

Basically, if you can afford it and truly want it to work/work at it, then do it. If you like to read books or imagine things in your head - then you are the perfect person for hypnosis. All the best and I hope it works for me and for you!

Silhouette199 · September 2018

I went to one of his seminars, it didn't do a thing for me.

vingogly · September 2018

Never heard of Mark Patrick, and as far as I can see from his site he's a "hypnotist to the stars" with no formal certification. He seems to be most interested in selling his materials online. Hypnosis works to a greater or lesser degree for about 90% of people, but the other 10% can't experience hypnotic induction. In a clinical setting, hypnosis is used in a clinical setting as an adjunct to therapy, not as a replacement for it; it can help get the critical mind out of the way so suggestions can work in the subconscious without "what if" thinking getting in the way. There's absolutely nothing mystical about it - and as others have pointed out, you still have to do the work.

Be cautious with anyone who like Mark Patrick doesn't prominently display where he got his professional training, or "hypnotists" who do hypnosis "carney shows". Here's where you can find certified hypnotherapists in the U.S.:

http://www.asch.net/Public/CertificationInformation/FindCertifiedProfessionals.aspx

Presumably there are professional organizations like ASCH in other countries, too, but I'm not familiar with the resources that are available outside the U.S.

Millicent3015 · September 2018

I would be wary of going to a seminar for hypnosis. It's not hypnotherapy, which is a private, one on one course of sessions with an actual therapist who has a clinical background, not just a razzle-dazzle roll call of celebrities. I would take the advice of @vingogly and find a licensed hypnotherapist instead of putting your eggs in some self styled guru's basket.

agrube1968 · September 2018

I went to the hypnosis seminar a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it. I got some cds and listen to them nightly before bed and they relax me and I feel more positive and better about myself since going.

Has anyone tried hypnosis for weight loss?

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